Mr. Taylor
has over 30 years experience in hard chrome, sulfamate nickel and
cadmium
electroplating, and other metal finishing processes
with respect to tooling and anode design/fabrication, process set up
and plating. Prior to his roll as president of ATC in June of
2004, Mr. Taylor was Process Engineering Manager for Plating at Southwest
United Industries, Tulsa, OK. 2002 through 2004. Founder and President
of KaRan Tooling, Medina Ohio, 1996 to 2002, Founder and President
of Plating Perceptions, Inc., in Twinsburg, Ohio, 1988 to 1996, Production
Manager for Nuclear Plating Service, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio 1979 to
1988. Mr. Taylor has designed and built both conforming and no-mask
conforming anodes, fixtures and plating support equipment for Landing
gear and hydraulics systems components for the following military and
commercial aircraft: YF-22, B-2, B-1, C-17, F4, F14, F15, F16, F18,
F111, F104, S2A, A6, EA6B, C-1, C-2, C-5A, C130, CH47, CH53, B52, B-1,
B-2, KC135, A10, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777, 777LR, L1011, DC8, DC9,
DC10, MD11, MD80, A300,
A320, A330, A340, A380, Lear Jet, Hawker, Canadair. Mr. Taylor has
additional career experience in metal finishing for automotive, mining
and oil drilling industries and is certified operator for Brush (Stylus)
plating, HDI testing, Electroless Nickel plating. He served in the
U.S. Navy from 1971 through 1979 and is a combat veteran. Member SAE,
NMFRC, AESF.

George Cushnie
- Vice President

Mr. Cushnie has over 25 years of experience in metal
finishing. He has owned and operated a hard chrome plating company
and has consulted extensively for the Department of Defense (DoD),
other government agencies and private industry. He managed projects
at multiple Navy plating facilities (NADEPs and Shipyards) involving
the installation of conforming anode hard chrome plating systems. Mr.
Cushnie managed a project for developing short term repairs and long
term modernization plans for the plating shop at Corpus Christi Army
Depot. He has managed numerous projects involving technology demonstration
and validation at DoD and commercial plating facilities. He has served
as the technical manager of the National Metal Finishing Resource Center
since 1995. He has authored three books on electroplating topics and
more than 50 published articles and papers. He is an active member
of the American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society, where
he serves as the Chairman of the Pollution Prevention and Control and
Internet Committees. Mr. Cushnie holds a bachelors degree in oceanographic
technology and two masters degrees in engineering.